One of the most important events for parents on school council is the association Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in conjunction with the ASCA Conference.
The 2018 Annual General Meeting was April 22 at the Delta Edmonton South.
Sunday's business meeting starts early, after breakfast, and continues until all resolutions proposed for policy are debated and voted upon, as well as election of the new governing Board.
Don't miss an opportunity to be involved, to be heard, and make a difference in public education.
Voting is your voice
Shape the future of Alberta's public education system with your input.
Resolutions passed into policy at the AGM form the association perspective as presented to Alberta government and organizations in education.
All school councils with current ASCA membership are eligible to send parent representatives to vote on behalf of the school council at the ASCA Annual General Meeting.
To influence change to issues at the provincial level, school councils/COSCs can send the issues to the ASCA office in order that they can be considered, discussed and debated by school council delegates province-wide at the ASCA Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Advocacy statements that receive majority support from ASCA voting delegate parent council members at the AGM become directives for action or belief statements that inform the provincial advocacy work of the ASCA Board and are also utilized by ASCA representatives at provincial education advisory committee meetings to represent the collective parent voice.
*All school councils/CoSCs in the province are able to submit issues they feel need to change in the Alberta ECS-12 system. Parent delegates from all Alberta school councils/CoSCs are welcome to register to attend the AGM.
**ASCA deals with education issues relevant to parents represented by school councils. Other professionals on school councils have similar opportunities through their respective professional associations.
***Parent delegates who are attending on behalf ASCA member school councils are eligible to vote on AGM business and advocacy statements at the AGM.
Please contact the ASCA office if you are uncertain as to your councils’ current membership status.
